I looked up algebraic independence on wikipedia and was immediately overwhelmed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebraic_independence https://en.wikipedia.org/

I looked up algebraic independence on wikipedia and was immediately overwhelmed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebraic_independence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebraic_independence Is that what you are talking about? It seams like the notion should have some interesting recreational math implications (or maybe a Numberphile video).